I am just dating a man who has been quite badly hurt in his last LTR (a year ago and a half ago now) and he admits it's affected his ability to "let people close".
He wants to see me, but doesn't make it a priority. He texts me at length but never instigates the conversation and he never telephones me. We have days where we chat all day and others where he goes all quiet and I hear nothing at all.
I know from past experience that is usually a sign a man doesn't like you that much, so half of me is thinking of walking away and moving onto someone a bit more keen, but I was wondering is that always the case? Does it always mean he doesn't like you that much?
What encourages me to continue is that he says very plainly that he likes me very much and wants to continue dating me. If I text he replies right away every time. He says he loves hearing from me, and if I do "ignore" him, he will eventually text me. He gives me a lot of attention, compliments, asks questions, send me pics of what he's doing and asks for pics of me. On our dates (have had three) I don't feel any doubt he likes me as much. It feels obvious he does when we are physically together and he is very tactile and his face "says it all".
I just feel a bit discouraged that he isn't that keen to see or speak to me.
I did pluck up the courage to send a text yesterday saying that sometimes I feel like he doesn't like me as much as I like him and he replied and said he liked me more than he knew how to show and he was trying to learn better how to do that. Still...that could be BS!
He did tell me from when he first asked me out that he was not a forward person and I would have to be more so with him. At the same time, I am quite tired of feeling like I am doing all the chasing!
Should I give it time or walk away? Right now he says he wants a fourth date soon and that's about it, no timescale and I am just waiting 
If I do stick with it, should I keep gently pushing, or completely back off and let him chase me back?